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"I wouldn't recommend parents putting their infants on a diet," he warned. "Follow the recommendations presently made by the American Academy of Pediatrics for breast-feeding and not introducing other foods that early," Stettler advised.

"We know that children who are fed formula rather than breast milk gain weight more rapidly and are more at risk for being overweight later in life," he noted. "If parents rely on these recommendations, I think they are doing the right thing."

The foods most often introduced at this early age are fruit juices, bananas and white rice cereal. On the subject of formulas .. the soy-based formulas are usually sweetened with sucrose or corn-syrup (fructose) to bring the carb-content up to match breastmilk (which contains lactose).

Don't suppose the sugar could have anything to do with the rapid weight gain?

Doreen